Juilliard Features Fourth Year Actors in THE SEAGULL, 12/9

Juilliard's Drama Division announced the complete schedule for its 2010-2011 season of fully-staged productions featuring students in their fourth and final year of acting training at Juilliard. This season's plays include Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN, directed by Jade King Carroll, October 20-24; David Auburn's PROOF, directed by Harris Yulin, November 11-15; and Chekhov's THE SEAGULL, directed by Richard Feldman, December 9-13.

The Drama Division is led by James Houghton, Richard Rodgers Director of Drama.

Juilliard's Drama Division also presents 4th year repertory in February 2011, which includes a Shakespeare play, Henry V, directed by Niegel Smith and cycles two additional plays in rotation. Those plays are David Mamet's Boston Marriage, directed by Lucie Tiberghien and Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park, directed by Stephen McKinley Henderson.

The 2010-2011 season opens with Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN, directed by Jade King Carroll, Wednesday, October 20; Thursday, October 21, and Friday, October 22, at 8 PM; Saturday, October 23 at 2 and 8 PM; and Sunday, October 24 at 7 PM. This groundbreaking 1959 play tells the story of a South Side Chicago family's friction while reaching for the American dream. A RAISIN IN THE SUN was the first play written by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway. The play ran for 530 performances and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Director Jade King Carroll's directing credits include: The Etymology of Bird by Zakiyyah Alexander (CityParks Summer Stages); Cherry Smoke (Clockwork Theatre - Theatre Row); The Persians; Splittin' the Raft (People's Light & Theatre); After Adam (Playpenn); Contents of a book, Life as a Balloon (McCarter Youth Ink Festival); The Summer House, White Baby (Passage Theatre); Like Father (Producer's Club); The Adoration (Chocolate Factory Theatre); and White Trash (Players Theatre). She has directed workshops and readings for the McCarter Theatre, New Dramatists, Second Stage Theatre, Primary Stages, Playwright's Realm, Time Warner New Play Festival, BE Company, 24 Hour Plays and New Jersey Rep. She currently is the artistic associate at Second Stage Theatre where Carole Rothman is mentoring her in artistic direction as a TCG New Generations - Future Leader.

The season continues with the 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning PROOF by David Auburn, directed by Harris Yulin, on Thursday, November 11 and Friday, November 12 at 8 PM; Saturday, November 13 at 2 and 8 PM; Sunday, November 14 at 7 PM; and Monday, November 15 at 8 PM.

On the eve of her 25th birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant, but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions. PROOF won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Play and playwright David Auburn is an alumnus of Juilliard's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program (1994-1995).

Harris Yulin (director) is an acclaimed actor with extensive credits in theater, film, and television. Mr. Yulin made his 1963 off-Broadway acting debut in Next Time I'll Sing for You. His movie work includes the roles of Wild Bill Hickok in the 1971 revisionist Western Doc, Bernstein in the 1983 remake of Scarface, and King Edward in 1996's Looking for Richard, a contemporary spin on Shakespeare's Richard III. Mr. Yulin (who also is a frequent master class teacher for the 3rd year
drama students at The Juilliard School) returns this year after directing Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale in 2007.

Juilliard Drama Division associate director and faculty member, Richard Feldman, directs Anton Chekhov's Classic work, The Seagull, on Thursday, December 9 and Friday, December 10 at 8 PM; Saturday, December 11 at 2 and 8 PM; Sunday, December 12 at 7 PM; and Monday, December 13 at 8 PM. Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL is set in the late 19th-century amidst a world on the brink of change. The play explores life's fulfillments and disappointments, the twisted path of love, and the power of art.

Richard Feldman (director), a distinguished member of the Juilliard Acting Faculty since 1987, has directed over 70 plays, including the New York premiere of Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. Mr. Feldman grew up in the Bronx and received his bachelor of arts degree from Yale University and attended the American Conservatory Theater for his graduate studies in acting. Other Juilliard credits include Harold Pinter's Hothouse, Brian Friel's Translations, and
Frank McGuinness' Someone Who'll Watch Over Me.

Juilliard's Drama Division presents 4th year repertory from February 9-20, 2011 featuring two additional plays, a 90-minute version of Shakespeare's Henry V, directed by Niegel Smith; American playwright and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Mamet's BOSTON MARRIAGE, directed by Lucie Tiberghien, about the conflicts, compromises and reconciliations that arise in the many facets of female relationships; and writer and actor Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park, directed by Juilliard alumnus Stephen McKinley Henderson, about white flight and gentrification. Mr. Henderson, who makes his Juilliard directorial debut this year, is a graduate of Juilliard (Group 1). Known for his interpretations of August Wilson characters, he recently was nominated for a Tony award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as

Jim Bono in the Broadway revival of Wilson's Fences. These three plays - Mamet's Boston Marriage, Norris' Clybourne Park, and the Shakespeare play - will run in rotation during the month of February. 

Juilliard fourth-year actors (Group 40) appearing in these productions include: Danielle Brooks, Jorge Chacon, Caitlin Harrity, Corey Antonio Hawkins, Mark Junek, Joaquina Kalukango, Thor Kristjansson, Justine Lupe-Schomp, Jo Mei, Aaron Clifton Moten, Tyrien Obahnjoko, Ryan David O'Byrne, Gayle Rankin, Cameron Scoggins, Auden Thornton, Evan Todd, and Katie Tuminelly.

While Juilliard Drama Division performances aren't open for reviews, we invite you to enjoy these productions featuring the next generation of American actors. All productions take place in the Stephanie P. McClelland Drama Theater, located at 155 West 65th Street on the 4th Floor of Juilliard, and are open to the public.

FREE tickets will be available to the public for each production, two weeks prior to the opening date of each.  Show and a wait list for each performance will begin one hour prior to the start of the show. For more information,

Call the Juilliard Box Office at (212) 769-7406 or visit the Web site at www.juilliard.edu.

Juilliard's Drama Division, co-founded in 1968 by John Houseman and Michel St. Denis, is an intensive four- year conservatory program. In its 40-plus year history, the Drama Division has developed the talents of some of our most distinguished artists of stage and screen; they work across the country and internationally, acting, directing, writing, and teaching. Under the current leadership of Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division, James Houghton, the JuilliardDrama Division continues to uphold the best traditions of classical training and repertory while making the creation of new work one of the cornerstones of the program.

The Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, created in 1993, has been led by Marsha Normanand Christopher Durang since 1994. Other esteemed playwrights who have led Juilliard's up-and-coming writers include John Guare and Terrence McNally, who co-created the program with Drama Division director Michael Kahn, as well as Jon Robin Baitz and Romulus Linney. Now in its 15th season, the program allows up to eight playwrights each season to focus on the practical aspects of dramatic writing, while at the same time they are encouraged to take advantage of the wealth of resources within Juilliard's walls. Among Juilliard's playwright alumni are 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winner David Auburn, 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire, Stephen Belber, Julia Cho, Katori Hall, Julia Jordan, Noah Haidle, and Adam Rapp, recipient of the Benjamin H. Danks Award in Drama from the American Academy of Arts
and Letters.

ALL PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE IN THE Stephanie P. McClelland DRAMA THEATER

The Juilliard School, 155 West 65th Street, 4th Floor, NYC

TICKET AND BOX OFFICE INFORMATION:

FREE tickets will be available to the public for each production, two weeks prior to the opening date of each show and a wait list for each performance will begin one hour prior to the start of the show. For more information, call the Janet and Leonard Kramer Box Office at Juilliard at (212) 769-7406 or visit the Web site at julliard.edu